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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
2
Poem and society notes describe October dawns with dew and sunrise over Georgia hills, butterflies and flowers. Augusta Wall’s verse leads into a Georgia Library Association gathering in Atlanta with librarians from Athens attending sessions at Carnegie Library and the Southeastern Fair. The Cloverhurst Country Club hosts a bridge party for women members and families, with RSVP requests.
The Lucy Cobb Institute and University of Georgia students are invited to a reception. Members of the Sunday school senior and intermediate departments should notify their teachers, who must then inform Miss Bessie Paine of attendances at the YWCA residence by phone 577.
The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will meet this afternoon at four o'clock. Attendance is urged as this is the last meeting before the convention.
Chapter F of Emmanuel Guild meets Friday at 11 o'clock in the Parish House to make wool comforts. Public can send orders to Mrs. J. C. Helner, chairman of the comfort committee.
The young men of the Country Club will stage a script dance Monday evening at the club. It is described as an important social event and part of the season’s festivities, aiming to enrich the social calendar.
Mrs. Arthur Flatau entertained yesterday afternoon with two tables of bridge to celebrate her fifth wedding anniversary. An elaborate supper followed in the evening as family members gathered. Mr. Flatau assisted in the elegant entertainment and the lavish display of flowers complemented the occasion.
A refined afternoon gathering on Hancock Avenue featured pink and white floral decor with carnations roses and tulips. Guests included Mrs M G Michael Mrs Earnest Michael and other local ladies as fourteen covers enjoyed a layered supper after a bridge game. The Thought and Thimble Club and Grady Avenue sewing group were announced to meet next week with calendar notes for Y W C A activities.
A 1900s culture note contrasts concertgoing fashion with wall-to-wall crowds at box offices and the rise of phonographs. It laments the piano’s decline from home musical center to being supplanted by Victrolas and portable instruments, urging a shift toward drawing and other arts.
Mme Sarah Bernhardt lands in New York from the Espagne on her way to Canada and the West at age 72 and travels with an artificial leg she cannot walk easily. She speaks of fear of submarines but declines to discuss France’s struggle while entertaining callers in a fashionable hotel.
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